The Laundry Basket..

Anything in the house that is not a toy seems to be so much fun to these two.... the laundry basket has proved itself time and time again....

laundry basket photoshoot ruthie

Ruthie took an early nap yesterday and we decided to do a laundry basket photoshoot. i guess when things like laundry baskets and boxes are sitting around, what is there to do if you fit in them besides sit in them. As you can see from the first set of pictures... elly m. thought it was a great idea too... but with the cat involved... these poor poor cats... they sure do get a lot of unwanted attention sometimes.

Sisterhood...

Having your children so close together can seem sort of crazy to some... but honestly..it really seems like the way to go for me. They are at a stage already at a little over one and a little over 2 and enjoy each other's company (most of the time). They look forward to each other's presence and notice when the other is not around. it is so precious lately how they are enjoying spending time together... just sitting and talking over things.. mostly the cats, but other things come up too... like shared friends and cousins...getting into makeup that shouldn't be gotten into, destroying things that really shouldn't be destroyed. maybe winter won't be so bad this year, maybe these two will find fascinating things to do... we have been playing hide and seek a lot... mostly in the same two places, but we are having fun none the less.

One thing i don't like about all of their pictures together is that they both decided the in thing to do when getting a picture taken is to say "Cheese" therefore the silly expressions often on their faces... kind of bummed about that one...but oh well... at least we get to see their faces.

Ruthie cute!

I can't help lately, but have more pictures of ruthie than elly m. Ruthie is a little cheeseball and elly m. ignores the camera like it's nobody's business.... ruthie wanted to sit on the potty tonight and i thought it was just too cute to not post.. i mean look at that beautiful body.

Hanging out at home...

here we are hanging out on the couch hoping for some Christmas movie on channel 3 and then nope.. no Christmas show yet. We also got some hand me down clothes from a friend and these really cute hats... we had so much fun playing in the hats.

It's beginning to feel a lot like

Christmas!!! Including at our house! We begged, we pleaded, we got on our knees, I acted like a baby, and finally Jonathan decided it was cozy enough to go get a tree! Yeah... so now it feels a little more like Christmas at our house! yeah...

oh Christmas Tree!

The Lake...the beginning!

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Lake pictures.

I love love the picture of ruthie staring at the lake...i had a more difficult time getting a good pic. of elly m. she runs around throwing rocks and sticks..but isn't the back and side of her head just beautiful!

On the way...

we went to Arkabutla lake a couple of weeks ago...to throw rocks in and just relax. We got our family Christmas photo there by sitting the camera on a rock and me running over to the fam in ten seconds to get in there...great picture. you will see it later. We stopped and went swinging in the park before our little trek to the lake.

BLACK HOLE!!!

I'm sure some of you with or without small children would understand this, but my phone and my usb cable for my camera have entered into what i would like to call the black hole of our house... can't find either of them anywhere...i have searched high and low for the camera cord with no luck, so i finally ordered one off of ebay for $3.79... couldn't believe it.. my phone wouldn't be so cheap to replace.. i guess i will look until i find one..... so we are doing great in case you were wondering. ruthie is teething, but we are still healthy headed into the turkey thankful week. looking forward to having jonathan all to ourselves for a couple of days.. maybe he will even have time to put up the curtains i have asked him to... maybe not... have a wonderful thanksgiving.. if i get my cord before thanksgiving.. i will upload some photo graphs for alll of you to see and maybe even order our Family Christmas card.

wow... i might be able to get that done this year.. so excited.

random post...

Here is a picture of our house.. i just realized that I haven't ever posted pictures of our house... how dare me... i will do it from all angles soon... i am charging my camera right now...

Elly M. has been playing behind the couch a lot lately... enjoying peaceful moments playing play sleeping with her little babies...

Ruthie eating a sucker... oh wait... she ate the package the sucker was in first... eekla!!